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Suburban Bookmobile

Date: 1972
Description: Three children reading books near a bookmobile parked in a suburban neighborhood. The bookmobile was an International Loadstar 1600.
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Women's Rest Room at Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Female workers and an attendant reading magazines and relaxing inside a "rest room" at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ...
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Employees Reading inside Deering Works Club Library

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Description: Factory workers reading in the Deering Works Club library. A librarian appears to be checking books in and out to a line of employees.
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Employees Reading in Deering Works Club Library

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Description: Office(?) workers reading in the library at the Deering Works Club. In the background the librarian (seated at desk) appears to be checking books in and ou...
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Man Reads Magazine to Young Child

Date: 08 1925
Description: Mr. Wolfe sitting in a chair reading Successful Farming magazine to a young child on his lap.
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Man Reading International Harvester Advertisement

Date: 06 04 1934
Description: A man sits in an armchair reading an advertisement for the International Harvester "New 1/2-Ton Truck." A free-standing ashtray is next to the chair.
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Office Scene

Date: 1934
Description: A man holding a cigar is sitting at a desk looking at an International Harvester trucks booklet. A copy of International Trail magazine is on the de...
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Mr. Tony Gildig

Date: 09 23 1936
Description: A man wearing overalls sitting with a newspaper in his hands at a table in a house. Original caption reads: "Mr. Tony Gildig owner of McCormick-Deering 6 c...
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Man Reading in Chair

Date: 1930
Description: A man reads in a chair, with his back to the camera. His book rests on a table near a lamp with a decorated shade.
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Neuss Branch House Office Interior

Date: 1935
Description: Men and women sitting at desks in a large, open office at International Harvester's Neuss branch in Germany. One man in the back is standing and reading a ...
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International Trucks Advertisement

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: A man in an armchair reads a newspaper featuring an advertisement for International trucks.
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Man Reading Magazine

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: A man sits in an armchair reading the magazine "Country Gentleman."
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Man Relaxing at Hotel

Date: 1946
Description: A man sitting in an armchair with his feet propped on a bed, is reading an International sales-engineering bulletin and smoking a pipe.
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Students Sitting at Desks

Date: 1919
Description: View from front of a classroom of students sitting at their desks in the Sedan Prairie School. A large round woodstove is in the back right corner of the r...
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Students Preparing Lunch in Classroom

Date: 1919
Description: Students sit at desks inside Sedan Prairie School while others stand in the back of the classroom to prepare lunch. The poster hanging on the back wall rea...
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Man Reading in Rocking Chair

Date: 1923
Description: Mr. Lutfring sitting in a wicker rocking chair while reading a newspaper. The room is furnished with an upholstered divan, lamp with fringe shade, carpetin...
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Man Reading Near Stove

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is sitting in a wooden chair while reading and resting his foot against a woodstove. The photograph was staged at International Harvester's Hinsdale ...
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Woman in Living Room

Date: 08 1931
Description: Mrs. L.A. Hawkins sitting on a couch while reading "The Farmer's Wife" magazine in the living room of her home. A fireplace is on the opposite wall, and ch...
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Woman in Farmhouse Living Room

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home.
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Man Sitting on Porch

Date: 1915
Description: View from yard of man sitting and reading a newspaper or magazine in a rocking chair on the porch of a house.

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